by Colin Back | Apr 14, 2023 | People, Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962
I still have two physical scars from my time at Bishopsteignton School. One from a burn when I put my arm over the rail that surrounded the ‘tortoise’ coke stove next to Miss Hawkins desk, the stove was for heating the infants classroom; the other is a scar under the...
by Colin Back | Feb 17, 2023 | Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962, People
Most of the men in the village grew produce for their families. If they did not have a garden then a corner of a field would do or like my father, many had an allotment in Forder Lane. As well as vegetables for every season, many of the men also grew rows of Sweet...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 10, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life Lewis Back was born 6 August, 1905 in Bishopsteignton, Devon. Son of John James Back and Lavinia Mary Back (née Widdicombe), he was the sixth born of nine siblings; two elder sisters Mary and Florence, three elder brothers John, Frederick and Alfred,...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 4, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life John Edward Hulland (known as Jack) was born 29 June, 1922 in Bishopsteignton, Devon. Son of Edward Charles and Ethel May Hulland (née Taylor). Jacks father Edward was born in 1898 in Exeter and moved to Cockhaven Street, Bishopsteignton around 1911...
by Rowena Bradnam | Mar 1, 2019 | Places, Lost Places, Tapley House
The Tapley House is though to have been built during the Elizabethan era, and later enlarged in the style of architect James Nash. Tapley included a vegetable garden, hidden away behind a red stone wall which still runs up Radway Hill. Meaning of Tapley The first...
